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AND THE WITCHES DANCE
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AND IT'S JAZZ
Satchmo, 6
By Bob Grosse
Music Analyst
At the risk of being accused of
reviving a bit of ancient history,
I would like to make a few com
ments on the recent series of jazz
concerts, a subject of some con
troversy at this time.
Some persons have remarked
that they were quite dissatisfied
with the Louis Armstrong concert
last Wednesday. One fellow even
told me that he was bored by it.
Another said that Louis' perfor
mance was not good at all.
This is unfortunate because
anyone who has been following
Satchmo's career recently would
know that he is no longer the
Armstrong of 20 or even ten years
ago. Louis has been around a long
time; he has seen more changes
take place in the musical world
than any other musician working
today.
Louis lived through the days
when musicians were socially
cast as only slightly better than
embezzlers and second-story men,
times when a musician was never
sure whether he would be paid
after playing all night.
A Journey Into the Past
At times, listening to Louis was
like a journey into the past for
he still shows clearly the lessons
he learned in the streets of New
- Orleans in 1914. He also demon
strated why he is such a tremen
dous influence on every trumpet
player who ever raises his horn
in a jazz club, and why he was the
first person to be elected to the
"Downbeat" Hall of Fame.
But Louis has been traveling
strenuously for the past two years
in all parts of the world, rarely
staying in any spot more than
one night. The long road trips, the
nights without sleep, and the exer
'tions of thousands of perform
ances have taken their toll.
Louis is 58 years old. He is tired
of fighting. And when, as re
cently, the poisonous serpent of
racial prejudice rears its ugly
head, Louis is now unable to laugh
it away or slay it with a hot blast
from his trumpet. He merely does
his best to avoid arousing it.
Louis has now learned to bend
with the tides of a perfidious bus
iness. If we accept him as the
wonderful entertainer that he is
after 40 years, of show business,
and forgive an occasional lapse
on the part of Louis the musician,
we will see that last week's con
cert was a gallant show of cour
age and an enlightening experi
ence.
No Apologies Here
For the Greek Week concerts,
no apologies need be given. The
Kai Winding Septet performed
smoothly and professionally. Kai,
Carl Fontana, Wayne Andre, and
Dick Lieb proved the trombone
to be an extremely flexible instru
ment and gave some dazzling les
sons in musicianship and tech
nique.
The Charlie Mingus Workshop
was amazing. The things they did
with chord changes and rhythmic
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D ... The three witches danced as
light last Tuesday. They presentel
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reek Band
atterns were wonderfully com
)lex and exciting. Admittedly, this
group was difficult for us to un
lerstand for one cannot under
3tand integral calculus with a
)ackground of only eight-grade
irithmetic.
The Mingus trombonist, George
setting, was the most resourceful
zornman I have ever heard; he
seemed to have no limit of ideas.
[n the entire program, he did not
epeat a single phrase.
And the Herd Played
Saturday afternoon (and eve
iing), Woody Herman, his Third
Eerd, and his omnipresent frown
>f concentration, played with ex
:ellence.
The Herman Herd both indi
ridually and collectively seemed
n fine form. Vic Feldman was
mpressive on vibes and drums.
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consecutive years. The brass sec
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the rhythm section tied it all to
gether with a beat solid enough
to lay bricks on. The Herd was
magnificent.
All in all, the series of concerts
was superb. While much in the
concerts appealed more to the in
tellect rather than to the emo
tions, there was plenty of excite
ment for everyone.
The Last Chorus: William
Steinberg and the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra will be here
Tuesday. They will play at the
Township in the last of this year's
Columbia Music Festival Associa
tion concerts. The downbeat will
be at 8:30 p.m.
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Sigma Nu fraternity took first
place in Men's Stunt Night last
Monday, and Pi Beta Phi Soror
ity won top honors in Women's
Stunts Tuesday. The programs
were part of the annual Greek
Week festivities.
Sigma Nu's winning skit en
titled "This Was Your Life," fea
tured' scenes from Cleopatra's rule
as Queen of the Nile. The. song
and dance act commenced with a
procession of gold-attired slaves
bearing the Queen in a decorated
platform chair.
Shakespeare's "Macbeth" was
the subject of a satire by Pi Phi.
Leading characters were Mac and
Bess, and this skit was written by
Willie, the Shake. Three witches
began and ended the act over their
boiling caldron. The drunken por
ter's song was also included.
Other winners of Men's Stunt
Night were Phi Kappa Sigma and
Pi Kappa Phi. Phi Kaps gave a
reading of Poe's "The Raven" in
a vaudeville style. Pi Kaps pre
sented their inteirpretation of an
inter-planetary Confederate War
in "The Tale of Rockie Comet."
Chi Omega's "Big Top" won
second place in Women's Stunt
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clowns." Dancing monkeys, bath
ing beauties, a fire eater, and
circus animals joined in the skit.
Third place among the women's
stunts went to Delta Delta Deta.
They portrayed "The Seasons" by
using dances from the "Nut
cracker Suite."
Awards were made on the basis
of group participation, continuity
of the skit, setting and props, and
audience appeal.
Rush Registration
For Women To Be
Monday At 4 p. m.
Registration for women's
spring rush will be held Mon
day at 4 p.m. in the Delta Delta
Delta sorority room, according
to Alma Harrison, secretary of
Pan Hellenic.
A grade average of "5" includ
ing physical education, is re
quired' for eligibility. There will
be a one-dollar registration fee.
Students must get eligibility
cards from the office of Dean
of Women Arney R. Childs be
fore rush registration.
Formal rush for second sem
ester will be held March 11-15.
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FASTER, FASTER!
Pick up your paper every morning and what do you
read? "CRISIS IN HIGHER EDUCATION." That's what you
read. "ENROLLMENT SPIRALLING UPWARD - DESPERATE
NEED FOR MORE CLASSROOMS, MORE TEACHERS." Uut
classrooms, alas, do not spring up like mushrooms, nor
teachers like mayflies. So what must we do while we
build more classrooms, train more teachers? We must
get better use out of the classrooms and teachers we now
have. That's what we must do.
This column, normally a vehicle of good-humored
foolery, of joy that wrinkled care derides, of laughter
holding both his sides, will today forsake levity to ex
amine the crisis in higher education. My sponsors, the
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of tycoons as you will see in a month of Sundays, have
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chaps they are, the makers of Philip Morris! Oh, darlin'
types they are, fond of home, mother, porridge, the Con
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Let us then, with the gracious connivance of the
makers of Philip Morris - Oh, splendid chaps! Oh, gra
cious connivers! - take up the terribly vexing (luestion
of how we can turn out more graduates with campus
facilities as they now exist.
The answer can be given in one word : speedup! Speed
up the educational process. Streamline courses. Elimi
nate frills. Sharpen. Shorten. Quicken.
Following is a list of courses with suggested methods'
to speedl up each one.
PH[YSICS - Eliminate slow neutrons.
.PsycH LAB - Tilt the mazes do6wnh ill. The white
mice will run much faster.
ENGINEERING -- Make slide rules half as long.
MUsIc Change all tempo to allegro. (A collateral
benefit to be gained from this suggestion is that once
you speed up waltz time, campus proms will all be over by
10 p.m. With students going home so early, romance wvill
languish and marriage counselors can be transferred
to the buildings and grounds department. Also, housing
now used for married students can be returned to the
school of animal husbandry.)
ALGEBRA -- If "x" always equals 24, much time-con
suming computation can be eliminated,
LANGUAGES - Teach all language courses in English.
DENTISTRY - Skip baby teeth. They fall out anyhoW.
POETRY - Amalgamate the classica. Like this:
H ail to thee, blithe spirit
Shoot if you must this old gray head
You ain't noth in' but a hound dog
Smiling the boy fell dead.
You see how simple it is? Perhaps you have some
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